McCracken v. Manis

CARNEY, Presiding Judge.

Upon the trial below in Circuit Court upon an issue devisavit vel non a jury found that a paper writing offered for probate in common form was the last will and testament of the deceased, D. W. Mc-Carter. Mr. McCarter died on January 1, 1968, at the age of 97. The paper found to be a holographic will was dated September 15, 1951.

The appellants are children of deceased daughters of the alleged testator, D. W. McCarter. They take nothing under the will. Principal appellee is Ashley C. Mc-Carter, a son of D. W. McCarter, and sole beneficiary under the holographic will.…